Please help me to pick a speaker...

totem any model from forest up.
the forests will be the best sound for the money.
For detail, response, bass and highs and depth to the music the forest are a good place to start. And the higher you go up in models it only gets better.
the Forests will give any speaker 2 and 3 times the price a run for the money.

I also recommend you consider a pair of Meadowlark Ospreys. They come available used for around 3/4 of your budget. Very musical, and very efficient. Good luck.

When I bought my first pair of high quality speakers, I didn't consider the possibility that I might want to listen quietly sometimes, so I ended up with speakers that sounded great 95% of the time but lost a lot when I turned the power down. That's why I love my Silverlines. They sound great loud, and they sound qreat at low volume too.